Multiple-record phonograph.



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R. B. SM1 TH. MULTIPLE RECORD PHONOGRAPH APPLIOATIOT FILED FEB. 8, 1906.

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wf" g `/%\UJJ .l ITE RICHARD n. SMITH, or sYnNnr, New sourir warns, AUSTRALIA.

'MULTIPLE-RECDRD MONOGRAFIE. l

- Application led; February 8, 1906. Serial No. 300,027.

ITo 'all whom 'it may concern.'-

Be it known that I, RICHARD BAnTHoLo- Mnw SMITH, a subject of the King of Great Britain,A residing at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, have invented certain new operative relation to a reproducer in such manner that the lrecord will remain in place and be rotated axiallywhile the reproducer travels along said record, after which the next record is brought into position with relation to the reproducer, so that the aforesaid o erations may be repeated, and so on througll .the machine. y

The machine embodies a carrier or'the desirednumber of records, means for holding the carrier at rest, means for rotating one record while the carrier is at rest, a

. reproducer, and means for imparting traversing motion to the producer.

@ne` feature of novelty of the new ma-` chine consistsin an automatic feed mechanism 'for the rec'ordcarrier. This mechanism includes `a shatlgeared to the recordcarrier7 a sliding, member, pawl and ratchet device actuated by the sliding memberyfor operating the aforesaid shaft, and

means forinoving the sliding-member ln connection with the shaft and the record carrier l have provided a lockinginechanism which holds the carrier at rest, but

which is releasable automatically at the period oi movingthe carrier, so as to present al new record to the reproducen Another feature of my apparatus is a means for returning the reproducer automatically to .its starting position after said 'reproducer shalljliave traversed one of 4the records. In addition tothe common feed screw, my machine is equipped `with a.

coarse thread feed screw `which is suitably driven, and the traveler is equipped with two nuts or nut sections which are adapted to respectively engage with thefeed and return screws. A shiftable tension arm is asf l i Specification of Letters ratent..

lout, the number of records used in `elevation looking a recentere apr, e, raie.

sociated witlrthe traveler iso as to hold it in one position orthe other,y in order thatthe feed nut or the return nut may have en` gagement properly with the feed screw. or the return screw, according as one or the other isV in operation. Combined with this tension arm are tripping devices, one on the feed screw and the other on the return screw, said devices being -so related to the arm as to automatically shift the same when' the traveler reaches the limit of its motion 1n one d1rect1on or the other.

Various other features of my machineA will be hereinafter described and denedby the claims. i `Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings7 rorrning a part of this-specilication, wherein like' characters of reerf.

ence are usedl to indicate corresponding 1 parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Figure l is an elevation looking at the. rearof a multiple record phonograph; con-` structed in accordance with my invention.; Fig. 2 is an 'end elevation looking at the right hand end of the machine shown by Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a planA view oli tht) invention, part-s being broken away and in section, in order to more clearly represent other parts; and Fig. e is an elivlfation looln.

ing at' the front side ofthemaehin-e; Fig. 5 is plan view of a part of the! machine illustrating automatic stop devipes hy which lthe record carrier may be arrested at the end of' the reproduction "on Yeach record'or .at every record or thi "'lrecord; Fig. dis an shown by Fig. 5,.and 'l is a view looking1 at the other end oit lfig. 5.

in .I A. designates a suiitsithle base, herein shown in theformy oi' a @elsing adapted to inclose iieend of the devices the .motor ordriiving l'mechanism for the op'- e 'ation of theset'veral )arts ci the machine.

l 1li i I have not cpiisiderled it necessary to show .in detail the ifniiotorgbut' in Fig. 2; thel driv- (lid the base Al.

life the posts b, having suitable bearings?` [for the shaft B of a record carrier. Thia perrier isvshown by the drawings in the torni of a skeleton reel', which is constructeldl te accommodate a desired lnuniber of mandrels for ,the appropriate immber of record jcylinders.- said record cari i i i ning pulley isqipdlicaledhy dotted lines at a.

'rier being adapted to rotate on a horizontal.

axis, although the carrier normally remains at rest or in a locked position, while the rei the radialmembers of-the spider c, and beproducer isl operated to have traveling mo- .tion with 'respect to vone of the records in sald carrier. lThe carrier -1s shown as having p ing provided with appropriate bearings which are in alinement vwith the bearings. o

.of thespider c. The arms' c3, however, are r pivoted to the hub c2, in order that each arm. and the-bearing c* may.' be adjusted to the )position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3,

thus throwing the arms 03 out of-register.

lgo'vvitlri a recordcylindei` on one of the man- 1 l f the spider c arezfnon-adjustable. The piv-,.

ted arms 03 are held in their working posiof-the mandrel of the arbor.

drels for the purpose o`f removing and interchanging the record cylinders'on said' lcalonstiitute another spider, t emembers of 'hich are adjustable, whereas the members ytlonsliby the spring `members .or fingers d d draf-plate s ring D, whichis fastenedto' the 30 bers or fingers d bein' c'jarrier sha t B, or to the hub o2, said memarranged to act against, the pivoted en s of the arms 03,

l for the purpose of holding them intheir radial working positions. The spider c is equipped with a number of bracketsawhichn are fastened thereto on ,the outer side of the record carrier, as shown bythe several figures of the drawings, and each bracket is equipped with a bearing e, which is in alinement with oneof the bearings c oflthe spider v0. y 'Q 1 A plurality of arbors E are journaled in the bearings c and e.- of the carrier spider c, one end of each arbor being pointed so as to engage one bearing`e. Each arbor has 'its other end pointed to be journaled in one bearing C43-ori a piVoted'arm-cA of the other spider, whereby each arbor E is mounted to rotate freely in the bearings of the respective Spiders, and at the same time said arbor is so mounted in the spider 'c and one of its brackets c; that-it lw1llbe .properly l supportedfwhen the arrnc is adjusted away from the unsupported end of the arbor, for 'the purpose "of: interchangin the records git will be understood that each arbor Eis equipped with a' mandrel E', on which is adapted-to vbe laced a lcylindrical record, the latter being indicated at F." It will be understood, furthermore, that the mand el E and the rec# ord` F,"are adapted to ro ate with the arbor E,- and for the purpose of driving'the arbor E when the record thereonis presented to 'fromthemoton y Arlieixl,b The hub czand the ivoted arms cJ a reproducer, I have provided the following mechanism: A post g is erected on the base A, and is provided with a shaft bear ing see Fig. 4. In this bearing is a short sha t G, on one end of which is secured a spur gear pinion g2. Each arbor E is provided between the spider c and the bracket e with a 'pinion h, and when the carrier is rotated one step so as to bring a fresh record into vcoperative relation to a reproducer, the pinion z' on the arbor of the record which` is thus presented is adapted to mesh with the pinion g2 on the shaft Gr, whereby the arbor and the record are adapted to rotate on their axes. The shaft Gr is extended at one end beyond the bearing g, which is in alinement with the driving pulley a, and

these two pulleys a, a', are connected opera- .tively by an endless driving belt a2, as indicated by-full and dotted lines in Fig. 2, whereby the shaft G is driven,Y automatically Near the front sidelof the machineis a horizontal track rail z', and in "suitable posts z" near the rear side of the machine is a track rod I, the latter being parallelto' the rail z'. On the track rod I is -a traveler J,

and froml this traveler extends an 'archedfor bowed reproducer carrier K, the. latter' being rigid with the traveler J, and extending over the record carrier, so that the freeA ,end of the'repr'oducer carrier may have engagement' with the rail i, vfor'the purpose ing movement to a reproducer L in contact with one of the cylinder records in the record carrier. The'reproducer L may be'of the usual or any preferred form, andit is shown as beingv mounted centrally on the arched carrier K, so as to have engagement with the uppermost record in the reeord carrier. The arched carrier K is represented by Fig. 2 as having a notched free. end 71:, adapted for engagement with the rail shafts or spindles, the same being located on the rear side of the machine, and being disposed in horizontal parallel positions, r'one above the other. For the purpose of distinlguishing/the,two screw spindles', I will designate fone ,of them as the feedscrew M,

while the other will be designated as the `re- -turn screw N. The feed screw M is pro- ;of resting thereon during the period that Ithe I carrier K is operated to impart the travers- 1 vided with a continuous fine screw thread, y

vwhile the return sc rew'has quite a coarse thread'running in an opposite direction to screw, and vice versa.

the tine thread of the screw M. `The two sere ws are Journaled 111 'appropriate bearings ofthe post m, which are erected on the base \,'and said screws are driven from the shaft (t by the following means. ln addition to the .gear pinion g2, and the pulley a', the

fshaittt Gr is provided with a gear m, which meshes with an idle gear m2, that is mounted on a shaft ma in the post mt, indicated by' full and dotted lines in Fig. 2. This gear in? in turn meshes with a gear n on the screw M. It will be seen that the gear m of the shaft G drives the gear m2, which in turn drives the .gear 'n of the feed screw M, and this vgear n in turn drives the gear n of the return screw N. l

. The travelerJ is provided with two arms, (l, l), the former extending in an inclineddirection below the feed screw M, While the latter extends Ifrom the reprodiicer carrier ,in a horizontal direction, so as to lie over the return screwN. T he arm O is provided at its free end with a feed nut o, adaptedto have engagement with the feed screw lvl, whereby the required inotiontwill be given by thefeed screw to the traveler for moving,` it'in one direction alongthe slide rod l.` '.lhe arm l) has a return nut p, which.is adapted to mesh with the threads ofthe return screw N, but the arms O, P, are so related to the traveler and to the ltwo screws' that only one of the arms will be presented in, position for 'the nut thereon to engaffe lwith one oitl the screws, the nuts o and p .being adapted forl enijnigement alternately with the feed and r n screws, respeo tively. v

lf have equipped my richine with means for.automatirally `reversi le vthe position of the traveler J, as it appr ches the limit of its movement lin either shift the fed vnut out of entf feed screw and simultane turn nut into engagemei l l iounted on the traveler J at one end l collar-Q, said collar being.;v 17,111 slot in which is adapted til, i pin y', the, latter beintffastlu ement with the plaeethe re- .ed with 4a yl ailstiid or il tlte traveler J, as shown by Fig. 3. xteolilar Q is shown as having;` an upstanding; arm, (Qi, on which is ailixed the weight Qt',i |i1,d colglar with its weight is adapted td the shifteq,y for a limited distance within the` length o the slot (l, linorder that the weight :may hilf. placed to one-side or the other of theverti( plane of the traveler, for the purpose of? ,holding said traveler in the required po, tiun to maintain the feed nut in engagement with the feed screw oi' the ret-urn iiilt in elifA1 gagement with the return screw. The col? lar Q is. furthermore, provided with an 'arm lLw-hieh extends. alongside-of the 'feed screw hl, and isl provided with any upstaiidingitiu- `in unir-11n` with i i i fr, the latteihbeing disposed y1n thdlpgatl of a trip llt onl the return screw N.. tthe feed screw M also provided with ai trip .REQ which is adapted for engagement with the finger r, and as'the traveler moves in one direction or the other, the finger is brought into engagement with one trip or the other on the screws, so to reverse the position of the weighted collar, and thereby shiftV the traveler so that the nutswill be moved, `the one into engagement with .one screw and the other out of engagement with the other screw.

Nhenthe feed screw M operates 'to i1n'A part movement to the traveler J the carrier l and the reprodiicei.' L, so as to malte said reprodiieer traverse the cylindrical record which is ,properly presented thereto by the record carrier, the feed nut o on the armi() 4`is held in engagement withvsaid feed sere'w M by the weight Q2 'on the stein orfarn'i Q', andat the sametmie the free end of the reprodueer carrier 1i rests on the traclf. rail i., while-the nutI [2 is lifted .from engagement with the reverseserew N. As the traveler J reaches the limit ofthis-movemeiit toward the left] in Fig. 3, a partof the trip R2 en# gages with the arin Vt), so as to depress the `latter for the purpose of releasing the feed nuto from engagement with the screw M,

thus arresting the motion of the traveler J in one direction. This operation turns or rocks. the traveler on ythe slide rod I, and the stud g thereof operates on the collar (Q, So

'as to shift or turnthe position of said collar andofthe weighted arm Q', thereby moving,l the carrier l( and the arm l), so that the free end of said carrier will not engage. with the railr i, "while the return nut 2) will beidepressed into engagement with the thread of the returirscrew N. As said return screw is driven from the feed screw M, it follows that the-nut jp will be operated to move the traveler in the opposite direction so as to" return the earriei.' l, and the reproducer L, back to the starting' lpointm The return movement ot the parts will-be at a faster speed than the feed motion given thereto by4 the screw M, because the return screw N has a coarse thread of quick pitch, but astlie `traveler reaches the limit of movement towardthe right of Fig. 3, the trip l. will` engage with the finger fr, on the arin Rina 1 `way to ti-gain rock or turn the lcarrier J and thereby disengage theretiurn nut p from the return screw "N, and simultaneously move the feed nut 0 into engagement with the feed screw Qld, as will tie-readily understood.

The means foi"automatically turningthe ii is ti, iv i l 'lhe shaft B of the bevel gear s onahorizontal shaft S, the

' latter being journaled in appropriate bearings, and extending, substantially, atv right angles to the shaft B. At its rear end this shat't S is provided with a ratchet t, with whichengages a feed pawl t', the latter being pivoted to a feed slide T, supported in a horizontal position by suitable posts t2. One post is provided with a check p'awl t3, which is adapted for engagement'withthe ratchet t, so as 'to hold the shaft S against rotation in its bearings, except when operated upon by the pawl t. The slide T is normally impelled in one direction by a suitable retractor, such as vthe spring T. The slide T is disposed in the path of an arm T2, which projects rearwardly from the traveler J, as shown by Figs. 1 and 3, and as the traveler is returned by the action of the screw'N on the nut p, this projection or arm T2 engages with the slide T, so as to move the pawl t toward the right in Fig. 1. This operation turns the ratchet z5 a distance equivalent to one tooth thereof, and

' the shaft S is thus given a partial turn for the purpose of rotating the shaft 'B and the record carrier, so that a fresh record on one of the inandrels E is brought into position below the reproducer L. I, also, provide1 means for locking the record carrier against movement, except when acted upon by the pawl and ratchet feed mechanism,which is moved at intervals by the arm T of the traveler J. In one form of' my invent-ion the locking mechanism consists of'a disk U, which is fixed to the `shaft B, said disk being provided with. suitable openings indicated y dotted lines in Fig. 8. A spring arm U is provided with a stud adapted to enter one of the openings of the disk U, and this arm is provided with a projection u, which'is adaptedto engage with a tooth of a star wheel u', that is fixed to the shaft S. The tension of the arm U -normally impels the stud into one of the holes of the diskiU., for the purpose of locking the shaft B of the record carrier against' axial rotation, but when the shaft- S is operated by the pawl star wheel u pulls on the projection u and thearm IJ', so as to withdraw the stud from the disk U, thus permitting the shaft S to turn the shaft B of the record carrier,^as heretofore described.

The arm T2 is shown as being divided and the outer part'thereof is pivoted tothe inner part, thus providing a jointed arm. When it is desired-to make the reproducer travel a second time over the saine record. and thereby repeat the reproduction of the nlusical or talking number, the operator should turn backward the outer partof this jointed .j

arm, thus preventing the arm T2 from op'- erat-ing the shde bar T of thermechanis-m.

path-of the record carrier K.

for automatically feeding the revoluble4 record carrier.

. My machine is also equipped with a stop motion by which the operationof the reproducer may be arrested automatically at the end of the reproduction from each record, and also with a stop motion adapted for adjustment so as to automatically present every second, third or'fourth record of the record carrier to a working position relative to the reproducer.

The stop device for arresting the machine at the end ofy the reproduction from each record is operated bythe returnv of the re'- prcducer carrier K to normal position. One

memberv u of the motor'or driving mechanism has a stud v', see Fig. 6, and with this studeoperatesa stop lever V, hung onav as to move the latter and thereby actuate the lever X so as to move .the lever V throu'h the link W, whereby the operation of t e motor is arrested. Should 1t be desired to allow the machine to continue in operation, the pvoted member y of the arm Y is turned around so as to move it out of thev f In addition to the described .stop motion, I also providestop devices b which every second, third'or fourthrecor may be used,

A rock'shaft Z is journaled in bearings on posts, .and at itsv ends `this shafthas arms Z', r2. The arm Zg is connectedby a pine with lthe lever X'for o erating the latter when the shaft is rocked). Each arm c3 of the spider for the record carrier is provided with a .pivoted finger e', which is adapted to beturned to a position atright angles to the arm, as shown by full lines in F igs.4 5 and 7, or to be turned to a position in line with the arm as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5. The 'armZ is adapted to lie in the path of the fingers "when they lie at right angles to the arms et. for the purpose of operating theI arm Z', therock shaft Z, the

ar'm Z2, andthe levers X. and V to stop the' motor. kIt is evident that the second, third, or fourth fingers z maybe adjusted out of position so as to clear the arm' Z and'thus permit the other fingers to engage with said arm for operating the stop mot-ion at the re uired. intervals.

hanges in the form, y, minor details in'construction may beV n'iade without-departing from the spirit of the inresaca@ ters Patent is 1. In au apparatus of the class described, a record carrier, a traveler for a reproducer, a sha-ft geared to the record carrier, a slid-` able member in the path of the traveler, a

lpavvl carriedxby the slide, and a ratchet mounted on, the shaft and coperating With said pawl.

2. In an apparatus of the class described,

a record carrier, a traveler for a reproducer, shaft geared to -the record carrier, means actuated by the ,traveler for ,rotating the shaft with a step by step motitpi, and means controllable by the shaft foru locking the record carrier in the intervals'y of the "feed' given thereto by the shaft.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, feed `and return screws, a slide rod, a reproducer traveler mounted to slide and turn on the rod and provided With arms, nuts carried bythe armsfor alternately engaging the screws, a collar on one end of the traveler and having limited turning movement independent of the traveler, said collar being provided with a Weighted arm andfwith a finger," and a trip on each feed screw and adapted gto engage the finger of the collar.

4. In an'apparatus of the class described, feed ndqretu'rn screws, a slide rod, a reproducer traveler mounted to slide and turn on the rod and provided'with arms', said traveler having a recess in one end, nuts carried by the arms for alternately engaging the screws, a collar loosely mounted on the traveler'and having a stud Working in the recess of the traveler, said collar being provided with a weighted arm and an arm carrying a finger, and a trip on each of the screws and adapted to engage the said finger.

5. In a machine of the class described, a

recordA carrier provided with operating arms, means for operating the carrier, and means controllable by said arms for arresting the operating means.

6. In amachine of the class described, a record carrierl provided With operating arms, mans for' operating the carrier, and

means controllable'by said arms forarrest-i .lng the operating means, said operating arms being adjustable individually into and out'of Working position.

7. In a machine of the class described, a record carrier, means for operating the same, a reproducer carrier, a lockingv lever for arresting said operating means, another lever, a jointed arm connected with the last mentioned lever and adjustable relative 4to the reproducer carrier, a rock shaft for operating the second lever, and means operated by the record carrier for rocking the shaft.

8. lin an apparatus of the class described, a shaft, a reel mounted thereon and carrying -a plurality of revoluble record supporting arbors, means for loperating the shaft, an apertured disk on the shaft; a spring arm having a pin engaging the apertured disk, and a star Wheel carried by the shaft operating means and engaging thexspring arm to disengage it from the said disk.

9. In an apparatus of the class described, a motor having a stud on a movable mem ber thereof, a multiple record carrier, a

traveler, a reproducer carrier carriedby 4,the

traveler, means for operating the traveler, an arm project-ing into the path of the reproducer carrier, a pivoted stop lever adapted to be moved into the path ofthe stud of the movable member of the motor, and a connection between the pivoted'l stop lever and arm whereby the former will be operated by thelatter.

1 0. ln an, apparatus of the class described, a record carrier, a motor, a traveler, a reproducer* carrier carried .by the traveler,'

means 'for operating the traveler, a pivoted arm projecting into the path of the repro# ducer carrier, a pivoted member adapted to be moved into the path of a movable member of the motor, means for operating said member from the arm, a shaft, a connection between the shaft and pivoted arm, and means for operating the shaft from the record carrier.` l

11. In an apparatus of the class described* amultiple record carrier, a reproducer carrier, means for oper-ating the said carrier, a spring pressed slide, means for operating lthe multiple record carrier from the slide, and means for operating the slide from the reproducer carrier.

12. ln ,an apparatus of the class described,

la shaft, a plurality of revoluble record supporting arbors on thelishaft, means for op lerating the shaft, a member carried by the shaft, a spring arm having` interlocking engagement `Wit-h ythe member, and a member carried by the shaft operating means for disengaging the spring arm from the first named member.

13.v In an apparatus of the class described, a multiple record carrier, a reproducer carrier, means Yfor operating the reproducer carrier, a spring pressed member, means for operating the multiple record carrier from the said member, and means for operating' the member from the reproducer carrier.

14. In an apparatus of the class described., a multiple record carrier, means for operating the said carrier to bring the records in proper psition, a rocking reproducer carrier, means for rocking said carrier, a feed llt) by the reprodueer earrieror stoppngthe apparatus at the end of the reproduction of each record, and means 'controlled by the record carrier for stopping the apparatus to permit. ofbringing any one of the records into working position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this vspecification in the presence of i0' two subscribing Witnesses. l

RICHARD B. SMITH.

itnesses I H. I. BERNHARD, V. E. NICHOLS. 

